* Por Tom Hranac * La AAPA se reunió en Sudamérica por primera vez en su historia para celebrar la 107 Convención Anual, del 7 al 10 de octubre de 2018 en Valparaíso, Chile. El evento, que marcó otro hito al realizarse junto con el anual Congreso Latinoamericano de Puertos de AAPA, atrajo a más de 700 participantes y 95 ...

* Por Sarah B. Hood * ¿Qué hace que una persona decida firmar un contrato? En veces, un detalle aparentemente insignificante puede llevar una negociación a un punto de quiebre. Para los puertos, un solo acuerdo podría representar cientos de miles de dólares: ¿Entonces, cuál es la diferencia entre hacer un trato y no hacerlo? Fundamentalmente, se resume en satisfacer ...

* Por Mary Lou Jay * Los puertos interesados en agilizar sus operaciones y fomentar la creación de cadenas de abastecimiento más transparentes y eficientes para sus socios están encontrando las soluciones que necesitan por medio de una serie de nuevas tecnologías. Muchos puertos de tamaño pequeño o mediano aún hoy día dependen de procesos manuales y hojas electrónicas, propensas ...

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK: A Pause in Peak Season Right now, AAPA’s members are in the midst of what has traditionally been “peak season” for ports. While consumers everywhere lament the arrival of retail holiday decorations at earlier and earlier dates each year, what they don’t realize is that the holiday season begins at ports while summer is still on ...

As yard equipment and cranes that are more efficient, cleaner, safer and more inter-connected come into service, seaport workforces must be ready too. Labor is upgrading skill sets to keep pace with rapid advancements in technology. * By Lori Musser * Cargo handling equipment developments are bringing greater productivity, velocity, safety and even emissions reductions to ports. While automation projects ...

Changes in ship sizes, especially the differences in sizes, are requiring ports to consistently update the way in which these ships are received and processed and the infrastructure needed to do so. * By Mary Lou Jay * Over the past two decades, the largest vessels in the world’s shipping fleet have more than doubled in size. In 2005, the ...

Infrastructure updates continue to change the Western Hemisphere railroad map as well as the scope and scale of train services. In addition, business deals, investments, personnel changes and technology are changing the outlook for train service. * By Bridget Gorman Wendling * Ports are the hubs for the ships, barges, trains and trucks that keep freight moving and advance national and ...

Autonomy, ELD mandates and driver shortages are making headlines, but it is the rising number of fueling options that might have the biggest effect on ports and their relationships with the trucking industry. * By Sandy Smith * The trucking industry is experiencing some monumental changes – and more are expected in the near future. Autonomous vehicle technology, electronic logging ...

Some ports and companies are taking superlatives to a new level. Inspiring and intriguing, it isn’t hard to imagine how they caught our eye as some of the cleanest, largest, grandest, fastest, handiest, deepest and busiest operations around. These information-packed snapshots show how changes in technology and transportation are fueling powerful, attention-grabbing stories and ideas at ports around the world. ...

Despite the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s embrace of technology, there remains a strong need for a trained, professional workforce at the seaports. To fill these vacancies and in anticipation of receiving future funding for even more positions, CBP is aggressively recruiting at all ports, including seaports. * By Todd C. Owen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection * United States ...